Harem Reborn

Chapter 188: Capiche?

We entered through the door and out into a town filled with people walking around, a market stall. People were a bit of an overstatement, they were fish humanoids, but no one seemed hostile. I looked at the girls, but Grace was already stepping forward. 

"So, we will find a place to sleep and you will find work to make money, capiche?" 

I wave the two girls off, but Kierra looked like she didn't want to go with Grace, but I said it would be safer for them to travel in pairs. Kierra looked unconvinced, but decided to play along, and followed Grace down the street. I took a good look around, it wasn't that bad of a place, but I wasn't sure where I could find a job. Mom, any tips?

'Head to the tavern and there will be a bounty board with jobs and bounties posted.' -Tequila.

'Thanks, Mom, you're the best.'

The town wasn't very big, so it was easy to find the tavern, The Rusty Hook. I went inside and found only one Fishman and a crab bartender in the place, but after a quick look around I located the so-called bounty board. Walking up to the board, I immediately noticed a bounty for the Mecha White Shark, and I turned around to the bartender. 

"Hey, I defeated this shark here, but I don't have anything to prove it, can I still claim the prize?"

The crabman looked at me and then motioned for me to come forward. The reward was one thousand coins of some sort, and I figured I might as well try. I did kill the damn thing, after all, It would be a shame to have to try and do it again.

"Hello! So good of you to stop by my fine establishment! Welcome to The Rusty Hook!"

The crab's voice was high pitched and very happy, it kind of weirded me out. Almost too happy for comfort, but then I remembered that this was just an NPC with a designation. I would just have to play along and see if I could still get anything.

"Thank you! I defeated a Mecha White Shark, can I collect the reward?"

"OH YES! Here is your reward, you can now choose another mission!" The crabman practically shouted at me and shoved a bag of money at me, but it disappeared when I touched it.

I was shocked at first, but then I got a message saying I now had one thousand coins. Well that was close working, but now I had to get something for us to do, I would assume that there were a certain number of missions that we had to complete before we could leave to the next place, or risk getting obliterated. 

I walked back over to the board and looked at the missions. There were four choices, each ranging in difficulty, but the rewards were stuff we could use.

Rank: E(Orange)

Mission: Rescue Stolen Shipment

Reward: Random Items

Rank: H(Red)

Mission: Kill Demon Barracuda

Reward: Random Weapons

Rank: I(Red)

Mission: Escort Coral Collection Crew

Reward: Random Armors

Rank: J(Purple)

Mission: Kill Dark Shark Mark

Reward: Free Skills

So, stolen shipment it is; I turned back and got what I needed from the crabman, but that was basically nothing. He said ok and I got a notification that I could minimize, waiting to activate it. Now that I was done with what I had to do, I headed out of the tavern, time to find the girls, and see what kind of trouble they have gotten themselves into.

Though, when I got outside, I was drawn to the shop stalls I had seen where we first walked into the town. I walked over to go check them out, but I was also thinking about the Lumimoss in that tunnel. What was it in there if this wasn't a dungeon, or maybe it wasn't yet? 

None of those were good options, but what was the alternative? It was part of the game and trying to avoid it would just make it worse. Head on, The girls and I would figure it out, but speaking of that, I had made it over to the first shop and there was a variety of necklaces and rings. 

"Oh, can I interest you in one of my fine pieces of art?"

The lady ended up selling me two rings for fifty coins each, but they looked nice and I hoped the girls would like them, but I might find Grace murdered, even though Kierra's Dere infliction was cured. Grace tended to bring out the worst in people, but she was also caring when she needed to be.

I tracked down the in, but I heard them from a block away, and I started to run. Seriously, these women needed to get their shit together, but I was surprised to find the girls yelling at the same man who was cowering down. I wasn't sure if I should cheer that they were finally doing something together or If I should just back away slowly until it was all over. 

"Dave!"

Shit! They saw me! Well, no running now, so I stepped forward with a friendly wave. 

"Umm, What's up girls? Why are you yelling at this fine...gentle fish face?"

"We looked too normal and said we were scaring the customers!"

"Oh, wow, that does sound like a silly thing to say. Is there another hotel for us to stay at?"

"Yeah, The Rusty Hook."

The fish face man turned back and went inside, and both girls round on me, but I put up my hands.

"Don't go getting salty with me, you two were the ones that started the yelling match with a computer-generated personality. This place is made with the old software and we don't have the life-like NPC's. I don't know why this game doesn't have them, or maybe they don't have enough?"

"What are you talking about?" Kierra asked me with confusion.

"Nothing, we will go to The Rusty Hook and get some sleep. Then, we have a mission for tomorrow!"